Mayan Snorkeling

This was a three sites in one snorkeling tour which began in the lagoon pictured above. My first experience snorkeling so I was dealing with contacts (which I haven't worn for at least 15 years) & masks & flippers. It had the makings of an epic but actually it went really well. I'd totally do that again. The photo above is the lagoon at our first stop.
There were two other couples along with us on this tour so with a guide a total of nine people. We saw some Rays & a variety of smaller fish. A few people saw a small baracuda, apparently it showed its teeth for a moment. The above photo is the launch point.

Starting out in shallow calm water we eventually at one point were right out in the open ocean before looping around to our starting point again. Turtles are often seen here but this isn't the season for them & we weren't lucky enough to see one.

The second stop was a closed cenote, but we didn't go in far enough to need lights. Fresh water, so the creatures were different, I saw some small catfish, but it was cool to see the underwater formations as well as the stagmites / stactites above the water level. At this point we were joined by a photographer for a family shot.
After an excellent lunch we went to an open cenote where they have a zip line & a 15' high jumping platform.


In this shot (Everything prior to this shot were taken by the tour photographer) just at the top of the frame there is a bridge. Beyond that is another connected cenote that we explored with the snorkelling gear & it was teeming with tropical fish. Shannon found a mother protecting her young which was pretty cool. We all really enjoyed this outing. We never got around to the 'relaxing in the hammocks' part of the tour but we had plenty of that back at the resort.